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Life is busy busy busy now and this full moon in Scorpio will likely only hold our attention for a brief moment. Yet for those with natal placements in key sectors at these degree points, it will bring a cause for deep pause. An arrested and poignant moment arrives and we have to catch our breath… Shared Exchanges + Time = a Nutritional Evaluation. For some, the field will be left to rest for now and for others, this crop is history.

A full moon in Scorpio is symbolic of bringing interior parts out into the sunny open air and that’s because the hidden emotional workings in the psyche that gauge need-fulfillment require a thorough reckoning from time to time. Completely under the beams of a Taurus sun, green shoots reach for the sky and we can see just how nutrient dense the soil our crop has been growing in really IS.

Season and Episode

Using Astro 101, we know the archetypal rulers of the full moon are Pluto and Mars. Pluto can help us articulate the life season we are experiencing and Mars in Gemini describes the spectrum of ways we can personally co-create during this episode in the here and now.

As discussed here often, Pluto is grinding his way through Capricorn and you can use the tag cloud on the homepage for oodles of further reading. Keep in mind that this energy entity is also known as the divine octave to our mortal Mars.

Much more likely to be within our command to wield is Mars in his transit of Gemini. Here, our inner warrior must guard against depletion from a scattering of force and even a tendency to forget original intents and motivations. However, clearly some diversity is appropriate. Revisit your plan and expect to see how you can do more within the boundaries of the same theme. Nimble, yes! but do not rush. When making a choice, evaluate according to that which is most durable, best suited to the task at hand, of quality material. The new moon in two weeks’ time will be rooted in this same energy field (4’Gemini)…in times of brain-rest now, allow the mind soup to stir.

There is much to sort as we grieve or exalt in the closing of a door we once used and if you find yourself or someone near to you experiencing this, even as the rest of life keeps you bobbing along, start each day with a little whispered promise that you will invest in that which is worthy.

– -weaver

We have been watching from a distance as a grouse hen nested down just a few centemeters from a cliff edge at the top of the property. Her caring investment has yielded just 4 out of 10 potential little ones…she will not return. Yet in good time, she will seek a worthy partner and nest and invest again.

I am awfully glad the moon has moved into Aquarius…I mean, really: this simple elemental shift has been like a millstone lifted. What a whopping time it has been. The lovely Venus Jupiter conjunction has happened in my 10th house of career/reputation/public square. This means that for weeks, the spotlight has been growing exponentially on me, my ‘public square’ has expanded and filled with positive, fruitful and impressive interactions and one would think that would be great. And it was for a while. But then, as soon as I became conscious of it, it wasn’t…! I feel like I am in the middle of a physics experiment that I still grapple to comprehend: the viewer of a phenomenon alters the phenomenon.

This is strange behaviour for a 10th house Leo but I have always been like this. When I think too many people have started to look at me, notice me, rather than or more than my ‘message’, I’m gone. Is this self-sabotage or necessary protection (or variously, one or the other) and a dozen more neural wirings as well? When I am in the blinding thick of it, I don’t care. I quit Society and focus on work and sanctuary. This makes sense for a Cancerian MC but still, a Leo that quits…is an underdeveloped Leo.

For the last couple of years I have been studying the asteroid archetypes, sometimes intensely but mostly as an aid in coaching and reading. After all, a lot happens when you get intense and then you have to just allow for the internal processing, yes?

first days above ground for a pink grapefruit tree

I was introduced again to Psyche this morning (astronomical number 16) via an article I came upon – that I wasn’t looking for at a great place to learn about the asteroids – while surfing opinions on the current (mostly negative) energies. And this time, I was ‘hearing’. I cast my wheel to include Psyche and guess what? Venus has just passed over my natal placement and Jupiter is now right on top of it, expanding its importance, driving home the necessity for some serious attention: I can’t keep doing this – or at least, I can’t keep mindlessly doing this.

I will be thinking and meditating along the lines that I have to work with. And these lines are available to every unique one of us. What does it mean to have a natal placement of Psyche in Leo in the 10th? And transiting Psyche is currently in Taurus just shy of the 25th degree. That puts it exactly on the cusp of my 8th house. If you are a student of astrology, I bet your mind is just bursting with potential descriptors! And, of course, there are other important angles to further flesh it out. Believe it or not, I am super psyched about what I will learn. 😉

And writing about this, I am struck by the thought that I am putting my Psyche in the spotlight…whoa! But it serves my message, you see. I think with all the Pluto/Mars tug of war going on in the Real/Physical World, the Aquarian moon gives me an indifference that is delicious. All of Us is so much more important than Me and if I have inspired you to check in on your Psyche – in this era of Great Rebuildings and as the Sun crosses the House of the Psychic, then mission accomplished on multiple frequencies. Work smart, not hard.

The Micro/Macro Stand-Off

So, the moon in Aquarius gives us SpaceTime perspective and if you can feel this, you can visualise your Self distancing from Chaos. You can make real in your mind’s eye the panorama of this scene or sets of scenes on the stage of your life, rather than focus on the moment a power-sapping remark or action was made.

we hand-fed this youngster, fallen from the nest, until he was ready to set off on his own.

If you have felt at the mercy of happenings in the Capricorn area of your wheel, the Aquarian Moon will aid your Sun/Mars Intimate Circle themes by offering the reminder that it takes two to tango and you can go solo for a while or only dance with the ones you can relate to. And not just for your sake, perhaps, but also for theirs. There are auto-cyclic patterns that run through these scenes but we can’t see them up close.

You are more than this moment in time – and if you have been The Jerk, then know this is true for you as well. You are a sum greater because of your fractured parts; you are grace unfolding when you remember what is real in SpaceTime. A new moon in Cancer approaches…

If you enjoy noting macro examples of the current energies, check out Greece (Mars/Sun) vs. the Euro Bank (Pluto). Seek alternate sources of news for a better overall understanding. Do you predict a ‘no’ or a ‘yes’ vote? Does it matter?

Other Macro archetypes rising: Women/Female Influence. The letter of the law vs. the spirit of the law.

‘…you don’t have to speak the language of astrology—certainly you don’t have to “believe” in it—in order to benefit from the distance it provides. Like all symbolic languages, including those of folk tales, parables and dreams, astrology helps us stand back from our literal world and find meaning on multiple levels. – Jessica Murray

I couldn’t have said it better. Our brains are wired for ‘picture thinking’. Did you know that? And I know soooo many people that would say they practice, follow, even refer to Astrology. I think this is down to the connotations of ‘believe’. It’s a loaded word. What’s to believe in? It’s not the family religion; there is no obligation, guilt or threat of something horrible happening if you don’t. What’s to commit to? Nothing except what draws your interest or perplexes you. I think that’s why she put the word in quotes. Me, I ‘study’ and I ‘watch’.

Murray speaks of distance and she is right. In a literal sense, it’s easy to see the energies at work in the global arena. There is a war going on all over the place between

(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Individual and the System. The Arab Spring; Islam and Catholicism vs. the female; Civil Liberty vs. the GLBTers; occupy Wall Street; road rage on the highway; ego rage at the mall and workplace, the U.S. fiscal cliff vs. the intransigence of elected representatives, the citizens of Greece & Spain vs. the ECB, African miners vs. the Corporation and on it goes like a theatre production that is making us all soulsick. Astrology was telling of the advent of this energy clash before it came to pass.

And remember one of the basic truths of archetype energy? The macro reflects the micro and vice versa. What is projected is what is drawn in. Murray refers to the universal paradox we like to talk about here:

Want to live better ‘out in the world’?

Then, do something that feels like the opposite: step back and go within.

I had to learn that. I am never going to be done learning it. ‘Out in the world’ keeps changing. At least twice in my life, I have had to spend a huge amount of time and energy pondering my creativity – both times prompted by a sudden desire to quit my job. What was up with me? What was I doing? I was burned out, for sure, but I didn’t attribute that to myself but rather to situations, entrenched circumstances of culture and tradition.

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Sidebar: It took me eons to get to the place where I was willing to say, ‘I have to take responsibility for where I am.’ This was insane (and UNFAIR) logic to me. I made it a kind of irritating and erratically practiced mantra until one day I realised that while I still didn’t like the way it felt, I could grudgingly see the sense in it. It’s based on the following reason:

In every interaction and/or relationship we experience, we have the opportunity to express limits and boundaries and a right to politely pursue solid comprehension of the pertinent facts. If the situation involves a relationship, diplomacy is key because mutual value-exchange is the goal. This is not a winner/loser game or war of wits, this is Life 101.

Some personalities have an easier time with this than others but it is still universally applicable. Give this mantra a try for a while – even if you think it is crazy – and see how your thinking goes over the next few months.

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Well, both times I quit my job. Both times, it took me a good while to work up enough courage and both times, it was frightening. On the bright side, the 2nd time took substantially less time and process and invoked less fear. Looking back, (now) I can smile: wrenching patches of my journey – that led to a much much better place.

So, about that creativity… Sure, you might think that was a commonsensical run down of descriptors and it was at first inspection. We do know ourselves but not nearly so well as we think. Just ponder what your creative urges reveal about you next time you’re driving somewhere or in a waiting room. It’s amazing. If you would like some key words to get you started, just let me know.

Muse Alma of the Dancing Light (Photo credit: Pilisa)

There are the inspirations and muses that draw; the need to feel capable, sure of your subject-idea; the environment that frees yet prompts. Most of us work with others and the dynamic expands: do I understand how my co-workers like to work? Have I considered them as individuals, in practical terms, as my creativity is bubbling up something new? And finally, there is the big bazooka: how much of any of this in within my control to optimise? You can bang your head against a wall but that’s not going to end well. Most of us must exist in cooperation. And strange as it sounds, the best way to cooperate is to first step back.

1. Get to know how you tick – this is crucial to your personal development, no matter what else is going on in your life. Again, feel free to ask for some key words that are uniquely yours to simmer with. Expect to grasp whole new insights in a steady and rewarding way.

2. Come to terms with the reality that you have to work within – this is really a lifestyle concept. This is right here and now. It could be awful circumstances; it could be all crumbling down in a kind of slow motion. It could also be that your perspective needs enlightening. Certainly, even the most content have parametres and limitations. It is very likely that if your emotions are blocking your logic, you are not seeing as clearly as you could and vice versa. Strive for a balance between where you would like to ‘be’ and where you are now. One step at a time, you can begin co-creating towards that place. Circumstances that have been set in times past when you were not conscious of your part in them must be dealt with. Again, this is a lifestyle. Start today.

3. Make a decision to create space in your life to work your passion if it can’t be found in the bill-paying job – most bloggers do this, right? Very few are on a payroll for their work. I have a friend who discovered that she finds working with mosaics very soothing. She couldn’t afford the materials but she didn’t give up. She thought outside the box and started visiting sites that were scheduled for demolition; she got permission and started hauling away ceramic in the back of her car. I have another friend who loves horses – expensive passion! He found a piece of land in the nearest countryside and made a deal with the owner to offer paddock space and now they both make a bit of extra money and he spends evenings and weekends with the animals. The thing you really love to do could be easy to accommodate. Channel your primal creativity into protected calendar space so it doesn’t leak or seep inappropriately elsewhere. Don’t have a passion? Revisit point 1.

4. Maximize your empathy for coworkers at the paying job to decrease stress. This increases energy for passion work. Being around people that you don’t gel with naturally can take a toll on you. Consider how they came to be the way they are, what restrictions and burdens define their lives. Use your imagination. Recognize the freedom in acknowledging that what you can’t fix or stop goes hand in hand with releasing emotional attachment to it. Stop letting it tap your energy. Along the way, you will probably find ways to be a better gel-er yourself.

5. LIKE yourself at your work and like your work, even as it isn’t yet where or what you want it to be. Like the process, acknowledge the necessary dull moments so that the satisfaction of achievement takes its relative and rightful place.

I Am Uninspired (Photo credit: Kaptain Kobold)

*crucial note: if you should find that, upon following this plan, there is still something ‘off’, try this: go back to the beginning and be brutally honest with yourself. Are you sure it’s your own creative passion that you are following or someone else’s? It is very common that a sense of duty to please someone else (living or passed on) sets the agenda and in the end, no one is pleased.

‘…astrology helps us stand back from our literal world and find meaning on multiple levels.’

I can vouch for that. Practical, useful, point A to point B meaning. We aren’t encouraged from a young age to study ourselves as individualistic. The herd of 4yr olds moves from kindergarten right on through to the workplace with certain goals drilled in. Sure they are important but they are out of priorital order. You can see this now on the world stage. Everybody knows something is wrong but what? Well, step back from the big, overwhelming picture and step inside. You need I AM backstage gnosis. How can an individual know what a good System is when they don’t know their own system?

Personal creativity is a great place to start – it was for me. But you can start in any facet that you like. Just START.

In Time

Because of the repetition of the DNA structure, the likelihood of a repeating W*W pattern is highly enhanced, with the W* involved propagating from a near future to the present. The signal from the future is more or less the same as that from the past, and the pattern, consequently, tends toward stability. The more stable the pattern, the less likely that the distant future will disturb it. Again, the idea that there exists a resonance between the qwiff and its structure—involving both the past and the future—is at play here. Signals from the distant future do arrive, however; without them, DNA would never alter its patterns. But the more stable the reinforcement brought on by the repetition of the strand, the smaller the disturbance produced. It is the interplay of the endless crystalline repetition of the DNA strands, twisting in space and dancing in time as vibrations with the almost though not quite random patterns of A, C, G, and T bases, that produces stable animal and plant consciousness. Consciousness, as we commonly experience it, thereby emerges as a consequence of the qwiff vibration patterns associated with DNA vibration patterns repeating and resonating with both the future and the past. Fred Alan Wolf, Physicist